Aiming to become Europe’s Bitcoin capital, Lugano, Switzerland, has formed a partnership with stablecoin issuer Tether to establish Bitcoin, Tether, and Lugano’s own LVGA Points token as essentially legal tender in the city. Lugano will also ‘roll the red carpet’ for Bitcoin and blockchain businesses and enthusiasts to relocate to the city. The Swiss city…

Crypto smartphones emerged and started gaining popularity on the wave of the penultimate crypto hype at the end of 2017. The market has seen various models appear ever since that point. So what is the difference between a crypto smartphone (a.k.a. blockchain smartphone) and a regular phone with a crypto wallet installed? And is the…

AIBC Dubai has announced that it will hold a breakfast event for investors during the upcoming March summit. The AIBC breakfast will offer 10 start-up companies a unique opportunity to pitch their projects to an elite team of investors. Akon at the AIBC Summit during Malta Week 2021. The private breakfast will take place on the second day…

A wave of sanctions hitting Russia highlights the complex web of connections that make up contemporary global society – and its ultimate fragility, writes David Z. Morris, CoinDesk’s Chief Insights Columnist. Vladimir Putin’s Russia is facing a wave of truly unprecedented financial sanctions in retaliation for its widely scorned invasion of Ukraine. The sanctions have…

Colorado plans to become the first US state to accept tax payments in cryptocurrency, a move the governor’s office has described as the “next logical step on the path to digital statehood”. Colorado’s governor, Jared Polis, who announced the effort last week, explained in a tweet that the state would accept crypto payments converted into…

The EU has published its new Data Act, a law proposal that aims to regulate the generation and handling of data by the actors that harness it. The act, in its large scope, touches on the subject of smart contracts and proposes that every smart contract should have a termination function to stop the flow…